For Challenge 1 the models take on Damage:
“73% of African American women complain of breakage, split ends, and dryness caused by relaxers,” said Dr. Miller, a dermatologist at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey.
That was more than 10 years ago and it looks like it’s getting worse with the glues for wigs and weaves and what not.
Although we spend more on hair care than any other ethnic group we suffer the most damage. It’s time to create awareness. That is what the contestants of ANNM do for this challenge. These are their stories.
In today’s society, Black hair has become synonymous to the word “damage”. I, as a black woman, can attest to this because I’ve experienced it, as did so many other sisters. Before I went natural, my hair was relaxed since the age of 5. Every month, I would burn my skin and scalp, leaving me […]
I got my first relaxer at the age of 13. Prior to that, my hair was completely natural and it was long and thick. I wanted to be like my peers and would envy the things that their hair could do. Back then, i didn’t realize my hair’s potential. Relaxers became a ritual for me, […]
At a very young age I learned what the true cost of “beauty” involved, or at least what most young girls and their mothers thought was the price of beauty. A Lesson Learned: “Mama, mama,…..it burns!” I say on relaxer day. “I think it’s ready now I exclaim!!!!!””Ok Chass, can you hold on a few […]
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As a kid I never had much say over what was done to my hair so just as my grandma had done with my mom, my mom decided to perm my hair to make it more “manageable”. I hated getting my hair permed As a kid I never had much say over what was done […]
Many women of color weren’t taught how to care for their afro-textured hair during their early years of life. Consequently, this causes many women to be lost later in life if they opt for their natural texture hair and decide to go natural. Lady of Rage made the hook, “I rock rough and tough with […]
My Journey to Beauty! I received my very first relaxer in the fourth grade. By the time my fifth grade year had ended I already suffered from breakage and dryness. The worst damage that I had ever faced was when a quick-weave hairstyle tore out my edges along with other sections in my head. It […]
Hair damage can be traumatic for some women, especially African-American women. My journey has been a particular one, but I know I’m not alone. My hair was relaxed off and on for 4 years before transitioning on accident. Eleven years ago, at the age of 17 I simply decided that the stuff my mother was […]
Even though my hair has always been natural, it has been a relatively short period of time since I finally began to care for my hair properly. Prior to that, my “hair care” practices would better be described as “hair don’t care” practices. Years of abusing blow dryers, coloring my hair and generally mistreating my […]
The topic of damaged hair is something that many African-American women and even little girls are all to familiar with. As a little girl, I remember the Saturdays that I would get my hair pressed by my grandmother. The finalized product was one of a little knocked kneed girl running around with straightened strands of […]
My hair has experienced a variety of damage including hot comb straightening, curly perm, relaxer, curling iron, and flat iron. My hair felt and looked fried with split ends. How did you damage your hair? My hair has experienced a variety of damage including hot comb straightening, curly perm, relaxer, curling iron, and flat iron. My […]